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 Step 1 : Are the Lisp SBCL programs faster? At a glance.

This chart shows 3 comparisons - Time-used, Memory-used and Code-used.

Each chart bar shows, for one unidentified benchmark, how much the fastest Lisp SBCL program used compared to the fastest Java 6 -server program.


 Step 2 : Are the Lisp SBCL programs faster? Approximately.

This table shows 3 comparisons - Time-used, Memory-used and Code-used.

Each table row shows, for one named benchmark, how much the fastest Lisp SBCL program used compared to the fastest Java 6 -server program.

 Lisp SBCL used what fraction? used how many times more? 
Benchmark Time Memory Code Reduced N
 binary-trees±±±
 spectral-norm±1/2±
 fannkuch±1/31/2
 regex-dna±± 500,000
 n-body±±±
 reverse-complement1/2
 fasta1/2±
 mandelbrot±±
 k-nucleotide±±
 pidigits±

± read the measurements and then read the program source code.

 Step 3 : Are the Lisp SBCL programs faster? Measurements.

This table shows 5 measurements - CPU Time, Elapsed Time, Memory, Code and ~ CPU Load.

For each named benchmark, measurements of the fastest Lisp SBCL program are shown for comparison against measurements of the fastest Java 6 -server program.

Program Source Code CPU secs Elapsed secs Memory KB Code B ~ CPU Load
 binary-trees 
Lisp SBCL25.8225.82231,576612  0% 0% 0% 100%
Java 6 -server28.2128.35255,460603  0% 0% 0% 99%
 spectral-norm 
Lisp SBCL15.7115.715,620883  0% 0% 0% 100%
Java 6 -server15.9115.9312,564950  0% 0% 0% 100%
 fannkuch 
Lisp SBCL71.6871.685,104624  0% 0% 0% 100%
Java 6 -server66.7966.8313,7961150  0% 0% 0% 100%
 regex-dna N = 500,000 reduced workload 
Lisp SBCL4.194.1963,5841948  0% 0% 0% 100%
Java 6 -server3.353.3858,176921  0% 1% 0% 99%
 n-body 
Lisp SBCL35.6935.6917,8281363  0% 0% 0% 100%
Java 6 -server25.0525.0812,4121424  1% 0% 0% 100%
 reverse-complement 
Lisp SBCL4.404.41222,396896  0% 0% 0% 100%
Java 6 -server2.862.90473,280592  0% 1% 0% 99%
 fasta 
Lisp SBCL12.4912.485,1881419  0% 0% 0% 100%
Java 6 -server7.507.5112,2481240  0% 0% 0% 100%
 mandelbrot 
Lisp SBCL74.9174.9136,7681002  0% 0% 0% 100%
Java 6 -server41.5641.5748,900903  0% 0% 0% 100%
 k-nucleotide 
Lisp SBCL151.12151.12392,5481284  0% 0% 0% 100%
Java 6 -server46.9046.95351,0041602  0% 0% 0% 100%
 pidigits 
Lisp SBCL33.6333.6329,076645  0% 0% 0% 100%
Java 6 -server5.475.4714,828938  1% 3% 0% 100%
 chameneos-redux
   No program

 Measurements for all the accepted programs

 Lisp SBCL : pioneering s-expression oriented programming 

online book Practical Common Lisp

This is SBCL 1.0.30, an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp.

Home Page: http://sbcl.sourceforge.net/

Download: http://sbcl.sourceforge.net/

Revised BSD license